A Look at the Commodore 64 : The Ultimate C64 Documentary You've Been Waiting For!!!

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  @haraldputensen7955 · 2 years ago · pinned

  Danke!

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  @neonvoid · 3 years ago (edited)

  my first computer, literally shaped who i am now. and i&apos;m still using the SID for music in 2023. :)<br>great documentary

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  @GKitz211 · 3 years ago

  After the first consoles it was a blast to copy and play multiple games from disk.<br>Then I realized that computers are much more than just gaming, so I entered the IT-business 35 years ago and am still in it.<br><br>Yes, the C64 was the gamechanger and I&apos;m so grateful for all the memories of my childhood!

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  @n.miller907 · 2 years ago (edited)

  I owned a Commodore VIC20 and a C-128. Well made, super fun and useful machines. Thank you Jack for making all these computers affordable and so enjoyable to use.

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• PJ

  @pjsampras7072 · 1 year ago

  Nice little trip down memory lane

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• CA

  @CasperEgas · 3 years ago

  It was the first computer we had at home. We used it so much, but only for games. I still have one, but not the original one we had (it broke). Have many great memories playing it with my family. Back then my late father even played with us, something he wouldn&apos;t do later on. (my mother kept on playing).

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  @borisvojnovic5 · 2 years ago

  I got it in the spring of 1990, I was in the 6th grade and there was no end to the luck, and I keep it to this day, and it still works.

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  @thomas-i5o7h · 1 year ago

  The 64 was my very first computer and I learned a LOT with that machine ! I loved it but unfortunately life got in the way and I had to part with it. I miss that machine to this very day. I&apos;m working on getting another one, it&apos;s slow and expensive but it&apos;s all coming together one piece at a time. This time I will not part with it, I&apos;ll keep it forever.

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  @Del-Canada · 2 years ago

  I still have my C64 and C64C. Plus my 1581, 1541, and 1541c drives. I first went online in 1985 with a 1660 Hayes 300 baud modem and have been going flat out ever since. Saw so many things come and go. Been a surreal ride. Also owned an Amiga 500. The banner colors on my page are Commodore colors and you can see my Amiga and C64 in two of my videos on my channel recorded in 88/89.

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• JA

  @jayrobitaille2402 · 2 years ago

  This computer is so nostalgic. I remember playing Time Pilot, Jump Man, Maniac Mansion and Burger Time (among others, but those are the most memorable standouts). I even remember having Pool of Radiance but could not understand how to play that game because I was really young and had developmental delays due to ASD. I also used a Commodore 64 brand monitor to play NES games.

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  @ArttuTheCat · 3 years ago

  COMMODORE 64 FOREVER 😺👍🕹️!<br><br>Greetings from Martinlaakso, Vantaa (Finland 🇫🇮).

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  @rbrtck · 2 months ago

  The &quot;,1&quot; at the end of your LOAD command actually tells the computer to load this program file starting at the address stored at the start of the file itself (as metadata). &nbsp;This is useful for loading machine language programs where they are meant to be located in memory. &nbsp;In some cases, they are loaded at an address and in such a way that they become auto-starting. &nbsp;Note, however, that this has nothing to do with typing RUN after loading--it&apos;s a totally different thing.<br><br>If instead you were to type &quot;,0&quot; or omit this last parameter (defaults to 0), then the program is loaded to where BASIC programs go on the computer, regardless of the address specified by the program file itself. &nbsp;That&apos;s the only difference. &nbsp;Many machine language programs on the C64 are loaded like this because they have a BASIC stub that runs the machine language program with the SYS command after you enter the RUN command. &nbsp;Note that both these programs and actual BASIC programs can also be loaded with the &quot;,1&quot; at the end, which makes no difference because the address specified by the file metadata undoubtedly matches where BASIC programs are loaded anyway. &nbsp;The one thing you don&apos;t want to do is load pure machine language programs without the &quot;,1&quot; because they would be loaded to the wrong address as BASIC programs, which they aren&apos;t.<br><br>Here is one more caveat that might help explain why there is the option to use &quot;,0&quot; or omit the &quot;,1&quot; (same result): you&apos;ll definitely want to do this if you&apos;re loading a BASIC program that was written and saved on a different Commodore computer. &nbsp;This is because they all store BASIC programs at different addresses, so you&apos;ll want to ignore the address specified by the file, and load it into the computer where it expects BASIC programs to reside. &nbsp;So if you want to load a BASIC program saved by a PET into a VIC-20, or one saved by a VIC-20 into a C64, definitely omit the &quot;,1&quot;.

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